"Religion appears in so many contexts in WW1. Religion shaped the national identities and ambitions of several of the key players, especially Germany and Russia, both of which defined themselves as messianic nations. In both countries too, secular elites delved deeply into apocalyptic and prophetic ideas, giving their nations a millenarian bent."

-- Philip Jenkins

#Country Quotes #Ambition Quotes #Player Quotes

“I hope to bring ancient philosophy and new scientific thinking together, to provide a new perspective of nature, especially the relationship between nature and man.”

Source : "Conversation with Liu Dan". Interview with Jane DeBevoise, www.aaa-a.org. March 25, 2010.
“Japan is, you often feel, an improved version of the United States.”
“I'm pretty set in my ways. I doubt anything short of a miracle would change me. I do have an open mind, and I listen to them.”
“We even make ourselves up, fusing what we are with what we wish into what we must become. I'm not sure why it must be so, but it is.”
“Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words.”
“In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.”
“And lash the vice and follies of the age.”

Source : Susanna Centlivre (1872). “The Dramatic Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre: The wonder. The man bewitch'd Gotham election. Wife well managed. Bickerstaff's burial. Bold stroke for a wife. Artifice”, p.79
“I don't care if people like my character. I just want them to think about the movie's message.”

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